Exploration, Religion and Empire in the Sixteenth-Century Ibero-Atlantic World
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- Publisher:
- Amsterdam University Press
- Publication date:
- 20 January 2022
- 21 December 2021
- ISBN:
- 9789048544547
- 9789463725316
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- Subjects:
- History of Science and Technology, History
- Series:
- Maritime Humanities, 1400?1800
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- History of Science and Technology, History
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- Maritime Humanities, 1400?1800
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The Iberian conquest of the Atlantic at the beginning of the sixteenth century had a notable impact on the formation of the new world order in which Christian Europe claimed control over a considerable part of the planet. This was possible thanks to the confluence of different and inseparable factors: the development of new technical capacities and favorable geographical conditions in which to navigate the great oceans; the Christian mandate to extend the faith; the need for new trade routes; and an imperial organization aspiring to global dominance. The author explores new methods for approaching old historiographical problems of the Renaissance – such as the discovery and conquest of America, the birth of modern science, and the problem of Eurocentrism – now in reference to actors and regions scarcely visible in the complex history of modern Europe: the ships, the wind, the navigators, their instruments, their gods, saints, and demons.
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